Quotes About Opportunity

When my turn came,

Eventually I was entrusted to work the cash register.

we had both been eager for a change from the Cambridge and Wellesley scene, and for the chance to live in California.

we both strongly believed all children deserved a quality education.

But before Congress had an opportunity to give serious consideration to these issues, Lehman had failed,

Greg—whom I had known since graduate school—called and asked if I had any interest in succeeding him.

European unemployment has been concentrated among the young,

We have the ability to treat everyone equally under law; we have the ability to create governments to protect individual rights. But we don't have the ability to guarantee that even two kids the same age living on the same street will start from the same point; two children growing up in the same family don't even start from the same point. We certainly don't have the ability to ensure that everyone ends at the same point.

Inequality by itself does not imply creation of poverty.

EDUCATION IS A RIGHT! NOT JUST FOR THE RICH AND WHITE!" they chanted, ignoring that the majority of those in the UC system are not white, and that there are more Asian Americans than whites on UC campuses.

Fourth, lucky people have a special ability to turn bad luck into good fortune. Of all four defining factors involved in luck, Wiseman believes this one plays the most important role in survival.

The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car... a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result they get little.

Since Punk, no-one is certain what garbage might not become gold

It's always the same thing: People are always out there doing really good work, both young bands who never get heard for one reason or another, and older bands that aren't getting played because maybe they're not current. And it's always wrong. It's wrong on all levels, so I don't know what you do about it. It is what it is.

The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.

My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.

I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

There is no gambling like politics.

Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away.

There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren't getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society.

We make our own fortunes and we call them fate.

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.